Family:Thomas Kimberly and Mary Unknown (1)

Thomas Kimberly's second wife was named Mary (____) Preston, widow of William Preston who died in 1647. Mary was still a widow in April, 1660, "when she asked to be released from her office of sweeping the Meeting-House, doubtless because of her approaching marriage." By August, 1661, Thomas Kimberly is mentioned as having a wife. ^S1

In History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, Vol. 1, written 1930-1932, Jacobus suggests that the second wife of William Preston may be Mary Seabrook, daughter of Robert Seabrook. This is based upon a Stratford deed where Robert Seabrook gifted property to his grandchildren. However, in the 1950 Genealogy of the Kimberly Family, Jacobus writes: "It has been stated in many accounts that William Preston's second wife Mary was a daughter of Robert Seabrook, but the compiler doubts that this was so and believes that identification to have been based on a misinterpretation of a deed in Stratford."

1. ↑ 1. Thomas¹ Kimberly, in Jacobus, Donald Lines. The Genealogy of the Kimberly Family. (Neenah, Wisconsin, United States: Privately Printed for James Cheney Kimberly by George Banta Publishing Company, Menasha, Wisconsin, 1950)
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   "Thomas¹ Kimberly … married second, about 1660, Mary (_____) Preston, born about 1601, widow of William Preston."